First C2D overclock - please help

andob4 · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:28

I have
C2D E6300 (2nd hand oem)
Ninja Rev B with the dodgy push pins and AS5 applied
DS3 v3.3 with F10 - new
Crucial Ballistix 2 x 1GB 6400
Antec P180
XP Pro
(plus OCZ 600W Powerstream, 7900GTO, WD 500 GB SATA2)

It's a new build and installed fine. The Ninja is not working well - 46C idle at stock CPU settings - various threads show I'm not the only one and I suspect the pushpins are not putting enough pressure/it is tilting in the case for same reason/I have put it on wrong. I have not faced taking it all apart and fitting it again but will do at some point.

I read the guides went for 1.45V VCore and plus 0.1 on others as suggested. RAM +0.4 to give 2.2V.

I have tried various settings up to 430 x 7 and settled at 400 x 7 - ran Orthos dual overnight with no errors but a bit too hot at 68C Core Temp. Ram is at 4-4-4-12 at 800. But - suffering the odd random reboot and just had a BSOD naming PFN_LIST_CORRUPT - which I googled and may well be memory related.

So - went back to stock CPU and RAM at 4:3 i.e. still at 800. Had another random reboot so I ran Memtest86 from a CD at boot and finished a complete pass with no errors and then got errors after about 25mins.

I have no spare DDR2 so cannot swap the RAM out and I'm not certain that is the problem - going to run Memtest again. I guess Memtest is more demanding than Orthos?

Any suggestions?

andob4 · 24 Apr 2007 at 12:08

Ok - tried Memtest CD boot again. Red errors almost immediately at DDR800, 4,4,4,12 at 2.2V and also tried 2.3V (+0.5) same problem.

Dropped the memory multiplier from auto to 2X so Ram at 533 and memtest errors again.

I am surprised that this is happening now - been up and running over a week and no problems with Windows install etc. I guess it must be the RAM - wish I had some more to swap over.

andob4 · 24 Apr 2007 at 13:00

yes you're right. will rma.

andob4 · 24 Apr 2007 at 16:02

I will reserve judgement on my Ninja until I have taken it all apart and tried again - hopefully it is just clumsy fitting on my part but there are comments on the web from people who have not solved the same problem despite many re-installs and AS5 attempts. To me the pins are too flimsy and I would prefer a more secure screwed down design - like the original Ninja! - but that meant removing the MB so I guess I would have moaned about that too. I will try again when I have some new RAM.